MN I will not repeat the posts I wrote on another thread and I cannot even remember the name but it is by Marcus Garvey Lives where he blames a similar scheme for contributing to a death of a youngster. Sure someone will remember, gone blank at the minute..

This is tired what you describe and taking place across the country and time does not allow me to get deep. Suffice it to say this notion of being able to relate to the youths means what actually because to be crude don't take much to bitfch and hoes i a conversation and in fact some of these programmes make shit even worse.. Relate to take where or relate to keep stagnant..Just poltics of desperation.

We got programes where thugs are running them and in my manor one of our guys volunteered for one which ran in our old school and when he got there could not believe what he saw lunatic running the assylum and worse still these thugs and ex cons going on like they were representing something with their macho shit. In other words these so called mentors were glorifying the fact they were bone fide not facilitating any change given they themselves were literally one step removed from gutter shit and in may cases my man said he would bet his life they were still 'at it to us the phrase'.

About breaking cycles not glorifying them..Travel is crucial for removing young people from that culture and not only abroad just out of their damn neighbourhoods would be a start. We have heard stories which if they weren't so true and sad would be funny. Some young bloods on a session we were taking who was running down this youth culture said. Area codes what area codes? because on his ends they divide streets so that four houses is like a area and the other four a different crew. The whole think is comedy ..'About area. Most of them aint been out of their area or as it now transpires even the other end of their street.

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